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4 Transport

Paris is served by two principal airports: Orly Airport, which is south of Paris, and the international airport Charles De Gaulle International Airport in nearby Roissy-en-France. A third and much smaller airport, at the town of Beauvais, 45 miles to the north of the city, is used by charter and low-cost airlines. Le Bourget airport nowadays only hosts business jets, air trade shows and the aerospace museum.

Paris is densely covered by a metro system, the Métro, as well as by a large number of bus lines. This interconnects with a high-speed regional network, the RER, and also the train network: commuter lines, national train lines, and the TGV (or derivatives like Thalys or Eurostar for specific destinations). There are two tangential tramway lines in the suburbs: Line T1 runs from Saint-Denis to Noisy-le-Sec , line T2 runs from La Défense to Issy . A third line along the southern orbital road is currently under construction.

The city is the hub of France's motorway network, and is surrounded by an orbital road, the Peripherique. On/off ramps of the Peripherique are called 'Portes', as they correspond to the city gates. Most of these 'Portes' have parking areas and a metro station, where non-residents are advised to leave cars. Traffic in Paris is notoriously heavy, slow and tiresome.

5 Paris tourist attractions

View from the Montparnasse Tower ( Tour Montparnasse) towards the Eiffel Tower. On the right Napoleon's tomb lies under the golden dome at Les Invalides. The towers of the office and entertainment centre La Defense line the horizon.

Places in Paris one may like to visit:

5.1 Monuments and buildings

• The Eiffel Tower
• Arc de Triomphe - monument at the center of the Place de l'Etoile, commemorating the victories of France and honoring those who died in battle.
• Les Invalides - museum and burial place of many great French soldiers, including Napoleon.
• The Conciergerie - ancient prison where many members of the Ancien Regime stayed before their death.
• Palais Garnier - home of the Paris Opera, considered by Hitler to be the most beautiful building in the world.
• Cathedral of Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cité
• The Samaritaine Building - department store built at the start of the 20th century
• The Sorbonne - the University of Paris, founded in medieval times
• Statue of Liberty - a smaller version of the New York City harbor statue which France gave to the United States in 1886.
• The Pantheon of Paris - beautiful church and tomb of France's greatest heroes.
• Sainte-Chapelle - 13th-century Gothic palace chapel.
• Église de la Madeleine
• Place des Vosges - square in the Marais district laid out by Henry IV
• Roue De Paris - temporary ferris wheel, installed 1999 to 2003

The Sacre Coeur, a Roman Catholic basilica.

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